North Etobicoke
Rexdale
aka Rex, The West, Dixon
A postwar Etobicoke suburb that became the centre of Toronto's Somali-Canadian community, particularly around the Dixon Road towers. Rexdale slang carries Arabic and Somali borrowings you rarely hear in the east end.
Artists from here
Local vocabulary
- ahkBrother — a term of address between friends, from the Arabic "akhi". Widely used across the GTA regardless of background.+813
- wallahiArabic for 'I swear to God'. Used across the GTA regardless of background to add weight to a claim.+783
- endsYour neighbourhood — the specific area you're from and rep.+988
- certiCertified, guaranteed, the real thing. Confirms something or someone is legit.+929